Sea turtle hatchlings making their way to the sea - Kalana Maleesha/Shutterstock Growing up in South Florida, turtle nesting season had an understated excitement that felt palpable. From Fort ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...

Sea turtle nesting season technically begins on May 1, but local conservation groups are already tracking activity down in Sarasota County. Mote Marine Laboratory announced that it has documented the ...

Volunteers with Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol found the first nest of the 2025 season, a loggerhead turtle nest, early on March 11 Volunteers and staff check recorded nests daily to monitor for ...

MAYPORT, Fla. – With sea turtle nesting season underway, advocates are encouraging beachgoers to protect the creatures. Naval Station Mayport is preparing to have between 20 to 30 sea turtle nests by ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Georgia’s very first sea turtle hatchlings of the 2025 season are here. Action News Jax told you when the state’s first sea turtle nest of the season was laid on the shores of ...